Brickendon

16°COvercast

• Today: 24° / 13° · 13% rain
• Tomorrow: 21° / 16° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:28Sunset 19:24

12h 56m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

21US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Enfield - Bowes Primary School, United Kingdom

1 reported · July 2026▼ 50% YoY

• Other theft1

Neighbourhood team: East Herts Rural · Hertfordshire

Source: data.police.uk (within ~1 mile)

191 reported road collisions (2024)

41 killed or seriously injured · 270 casualties · 12.7 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

14 food businesses within 2 miles

• 14 rated 4–5 ★ (11 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Bayford (0.8 km)
• 4 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£460,778 average▲ 4% YoY

Across East Hertfordshire · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,519 average monthly rent▲ 2.5% YoY

• 1 bed £1,076
• 2 bed £1,370
• 3 bed £1,657

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-07

10.7× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 10.7 times median annual pay (10.9× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 157.9p · BP (8.7 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 184.9p · ESSO (10.4 km)

12 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

35 charging locations within ~8 km

• 4 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 75 kW
• Nearest: Hertfordshire Golf Club (3.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools8
• Sports pitches13
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

150,155 residents in East Hertfordshire · 316/km²

• Under 16: 19%
• 16–64: 62%
• 65+: 18%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 307 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,455 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band D (25% of 68,050)

Source: VOA council-tax stock · MHCLG band levels 2026-27

91 schools · 33,200 pupils

62 primary · 13 secondary · 16 other

Ofsted: 32 of 35 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (91%)

81inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · East Hertfordshire

1,172 CQC-registered services

• Care homes257
• GP practices170
• Dentists295
• Homecare agencies329
• Hospitals & hospices34

CQC ratings: 86% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 7 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Hertfordshire

• In a conservation area (Brickendon)
• Within the Green Belt
• 32 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

Source: planning.data.gov.uk (England)

293 applications decided

88.7% granted · 260 granted, 33 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Green / Liberal Democrat coalition

• Lab 5
• Con 14
• LD 10
• Grn 16
• Ref 2
• Oth 3

Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)

• Schools1
• Parks & greens2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

8,775 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

2 jobs advertised · £34,134 avg

e.g. Retail Assistant, Entertainer/Christmas Character

Source: Adzuna

£961 median full-time weekly pay

2% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£33,888 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

50% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 66,645 certificates

7.8% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics · DESNZ sub-regional fuel poverty

Life expectancy: 85.1 yrs women · 81.8 yrs men

62% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.5
• Feeling worthwhile7.8
• Happiness yesterday7.2
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.6

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Broxbourne:

• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test472 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office362 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s341 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership305 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth230 local signatures · 112,809 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-08-06

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  Brickendon · 0.0 km

  Brickendon is a village in the civil parish of Brickendon Liberty in the East Hertfordshire district of Hertfordshire, England. The village lies about 3 miles (5 km) south of the county town Hertford, which is also it…

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  Wormley-Hoddesdonpark Wood North · 0.6 km

  Wormley-Hoddesdonpark Wood North is a 143.9-hectare (356-acre) woodland area in Hertfordshire which has been designated as a biological site of Special Scientific Interest. The site is listed as Grade 1 in A Nature Co…

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  Bayford railway station · 0.8 km

  Bayford railway station serves the villages of Bayford and Brickendon in Hertfordshire, England. The station is on the Hertford Loop Line, 16 miles 56 chains down the line from London King's Cross.

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  Broxbourne Woods · 0.8 km

  Broxbourne Woods are a 239.1 hectare National Nature Reserve west of Broxbourne in Hertfordshire. The site is Hertfordshire's only National Nature Reserve, and is also a Special Area of Conservation. It covers Hoddesd…

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  Bayford, Hertfordshire · 1.3 km

  Bayford is a village and civil parish in the East Hertfordshire district of Hertfordshire, England. It lies 3 miles (5 km) south of Hertford, its post town. It is served by Bayford railway station. At the 2021 census…

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  Wormley-Hoddesdonpark Wood South · 1.5 km

  Wormley-Hoddesdonpark Wood South is a 192.5 hectares is a biological site of Special Scientific Interest near Cheshunt in Hertfordshire. It is part of Broxbourne Woods National Nature Reserve, and is listed in A Natur…

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